Thanksgiving in July aids Johnson County pantries effort
The Gazette urges coordinated local action to boost food supplies as families face limited safety nets. Johnson County pantries join the Table to Table rescue program with truckloads of food, while restaurants donate a share of profits to aid utilities and cooling needs. Community partners seek public private partnerships to maximize resources and help vulnerable families.
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Johnson County Organiza
Johnson County
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Center Cedar Rapids Patient Praise Sparks Letters
A reader extols Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids citing warm valet staff a praying information desk Sister of Mercy a nurse Erin and Dr Robert Schmall praising a painless angiogram and staff devotion. Separately readers criticize Fourth of July coverage and letters debating law enforcement use of force and birth control policy citing incidents and the Hobby Lobby decision.
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Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Sister of Mercy
Erin
Robert Schmall
Sandra Carpenter
Marion
Conception Debate Highlighted as Social Issue
An editorial argues that conception is a social not health matter under Obamacare. It asserts that treatment of conception or its prevention should be personal moral or religious decisions, not medical policy. It warns that ACA may invite broader faith based objections to provisions.
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Hobby Lobby
Dick Roggensack Waukon
Ellington
Miles Davis
Congress
Horace Silver
Taxpayers pay for Branstad's deals
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are described as fundraising together in a critical editorial tone. The piece denounces GOP leaders as pandering for cash, citing investigations, lawsuits, firings, and denials while arguing taxpayers bear the costs of Branstad's deals and politics.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
New Jersey
Chris Christie
Branstad
Horace Silver death prompts questions about jazz’s future
Froma Harrop recalls Horace Silver who died at 85 of natural causes. He was a saxophonist turned pianist and composer whose tune Song for My Father gained fame via Steely Dan. The memorial underscored a fading jazz culture and aging audience despite ongoing elder musicians and school teaching.
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Horace Silver
Silver
Father
Cians
Harlem
Cape Verde
Horace
National Endowment For the Arts
Terry Teachout
Duke
Distinguishing standards from curriculum in Common Core debate
Karin Chenoweth argues that Common Core sets goals for learning while curriculum remains locally driven. She cites examples from three high-poverty, high-performing schools to show how teachers tailor lessons to meet standards. The piece emphasizes that standards guide, not replace, local control.
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Common Core
George Hall
Mobile
Ala
Finlay Elementary
Miami
de Queen
Arkansas
Karin Chenoweth
The
Education Trust
Care of the Education Trust
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Washington, DC
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